DOHA (AFP)- State-owned Qatar Petroleum announced Tuesday it has signed a deal with Abu Dhabi to operate the shared Al-Bunduq offshore oil field, despite a bitter diplomatic rift. "We are delighted to sign this concession agreement, which will ensure the continued development and...

BERLIN (Reuters)- German security agencies are on alert for signs of violence against Turkish facilities in Berlin, Stuttgart and other cities, the Interior Ministry said, after fires damaged several Turkish-run mosques over the weekend. Firefighters battled for over 90 minutes to...

Thousands of families are sleeping in the open in the streets of the biggest town of Eastern Ghouta enclave, where there is no longer any room in packed cellars to shelter from government bombardment, local authorities said. The regime army's onslaught in Eastern Ghouta, backed by air...

BOGOTA (AP)- Colombia's former leftist guerrillas face their first electoral test as a political party Sunday in congressional voting also seen as a measure of the strength of the country's factions two months before presidential elections. Analysts see the balloting for the Senate and...